Category Archives: Chamber Works

The final ghastly Tell-Tale hint before I reveal all! What is this about? Click to watch the short video; now can you guess? Yes, we appear to be in a recording studio. What, is that three cellists on the … Continue reading →

Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra It’s my husband Ed’s birthday today. And among his wrapped birthday presents he will find another viola piano duet, another Evocation. We’ve been together 25 years, so this year it’s … Continue reading →

The public voting phase of the Carl Orff Competition concluded yesterday. Now I guess the public ratings of the 115 entries are being weighted and tabulated to determine five finalists. Five more finalists will be chosen by a select jury. … Continue reading →

My Entry in the Carl Orff Competition I composed a chamber work, a song in the tradition of the “Lieder” of the salon, called “Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes”. It describes the moment in Greek mythology when Orpheus, leading his wife Eurydice … Continue reading →

The sky is paper Bleeding upward from the edge There are ink towers My brother will be There to meet me at the dock Has it been five years? Now there are seagulls Wheeling and diving … Continue reading →

“You should compose a piece for the family to play at Christmas”, my husband Ed said to me a few weeks ago (actually it was November 10, I have documented evidence, I’ll get to that later, not that it really … Continue reading →

It’s Ed’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, Love. And as is tradition now in our relationship, I will gift Ed another viola/piano duet I compose for the occasion, each one called “Evocation”. This year my husband will receive Evocation … Continue reading →

My father is getting company. My mother told me today that my parents’ neighbor and friend Conrad has succumbed to the cancer he’d been battling for several years. Last year he and his wife Ulrike were so taken by my father’s tree … Continue reading →

As Halloween falls on a Monday this year, I think it makes sense to call this a long Halloween Weekend. Much costumed celebrating and ghoulish goings-on will have already begun yesterday and continue through today and Sunday into the official … Continue reading →

Last July I posted a four part series on the Spreewald, or Spree Forest (one, two, three, four), the fabulous “rural Venice” an hour south of Berlin, Germany. The series included an elaborate photo tour of the region, and music … Continue reading →

Today that handsome fellow pictured above, who also just happens to be my sainted husband, Edward Elder, turns 57. And, as has become tradition in our 23 years plus together, one of the birthday presents he receives from me … Continue reading →

OK, I’m feeling a little silly and in the mood for a puzzle. I just posted this tweet: “I finished a composition la la la la Part of a cycle 23 years (& counting) in the making la la … Continue reading →